Game device



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4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Nov. 24, 1936. E. PERRY 2,062,144

GAME DEVICE 4 sheets-sheep 4 Filed May-27, 1955 Patented Nov. 24, 1936UNITED STATES GAME DEV-ICE George E. Perry, Chicago, Ill.

Application May 27, 1935, Serial No. 23,584

15 Claims. (Cl. 273--l39) GFFECE My invention relates to game devices.Fig. l2 is -a partial perspective of the repeat More particularly it isa coin or token conprevention latch. trolled punch board. The mechanismis shown supported by and en- One Of the' ObleCtS 0f my invention iS t0lprovide closed Within a suitable cabinet l provided with o nunon boardgame which may be operated only a glass panel i ih its top, throughwhich the upon the insertion of a coin or other token. top of perforatedpunch boards 3 (two being Another' Object iS t0 DIOViCe a bOaI'd Whichmay shown) and the check selecting movement may be operated once-andonce only-upon oooh inhe observed. The rear of cabinet l is c1osed bySGIOII Of a DTODST 00in 01 token. a door i which affords access to asuitable cash l0 Aflllifhel Object iS 130* DIOVde aDUIlCh bOal'd deortoken boX (not shown) and is held in place l0 vice in which thecheck-selecting mechanism may by a, key-type 0r other appropriate lock5. The be manipulated as in play, @XCBD fOl' the OIJ- only parts whichneed be located outside of the eration of removing a chock, Withoutdepositing cabinet are the coin or token slide c, which may a COirl 01'tOkeIl, but C211 '0 Operated t0 vemOVe be of conventional type, a checkdelivery cup l, Selected Chek only 119011 deDOS? 0f af C0111 01 a checkdelivery knob or handle S, whereby, as 15 OKGH- Will be hereinafterexplained, the player causes AHOtheI ObieCt iS 150 PYOVd@ a 00in 01 tkena check which has been punched from the board controlled selecting andpunch operating mechto. be moved t0 the delivery Cup l, and a pair ofansm Which Will accommodate and Work With check selective knobs orhandles 9 and i6, which, punon boards of Conventional typo as Will bepresently described, enable the player 2O Another object is to providefor the delivery to tcl position a punch above che location of any theplayer of the check he has selected and redesired check in the punchboard,

moved from tno board- In the embodiment chosen to illustrate my in-Anotner object is to provide a' Coin or token vention, I have arrangedfor the accommodation controlled punch board Which is reliable, simpleof two replaceable punch bcards 3, cach 0f con- 25 and inexnensne tomanufacture' ventional type, i. e., a fiat rectangular board perother@meets and advantages Wol heremafter foroted with o. plurality ofcylindrical holes It, appear each containing a folded paper check itbearing One embodlme'nt Of my tnvenno'n 1S) Illustrated' a suitablenumber or other desired indicia. These m the ncomnnnymg drawmgs Wherm:punch boards 3 lie side by side, as shown in l, 30 Flg .1, 1S a tonnlanof the mechanlsm mounted being insertable into position andWithdravvable m nsmbanle cabmet; therefrom upon the removal of door 4.They are Fl-g'12 1.5 an enlarged Vertlcal-sectlon through retained inposition by suitable guides Il and i3. the Seletmg and' pnnch Operatingand nckout When all of the checks have been punched from mecnainlsmSnnn'n 1n pnncn depressed or @neon both boards, the boards may beremoved and fresh 35 removlng condlnon; ones substituted therefor.

Fg- 3 1S o Seonon on tno nno 3*'3 of F1g 25 The perforation or checkselecting mechanism, Flg- 4 is o Seonon on tno nno 4 4 of Fg- 2; wherebya punch may be positioned above any Fig 5 is a Sewon 0n the line 5 5 0fFig 4? desired check holding perforation in either punch Fgo is aSection on the une o o of Fig- 2? board and then depressed to force theselected Fig 7 is a top plan of the punch 100k-ouf' and check out ofthat perforation, Will now be dereleasing mechanism; scribed Fg- 3 S aSection 0n the l'le 3 8 0f Fig 7 if! A suitable cylindrical punch 2li iscarried by a normal condition with the nunon looked against sleeve-typeslide il which is slidohiy mounted 5 movement required to remove a checkfrom the upon a bar 22,-the slide and bar constituting in board; eiiectan arm or boom for the punch. Bar 22 is Fg- 9 iS View Similar 130 Fig- 8With the Darts attached to a bracket 23 in any suitable manner, about torelease the punch so that it may be dem as by Welding. The punch 2li maybe attached r nressedto removeo Selected chock; to slide 2l ih anysuitable manner, such as by Fg- 10 iS a View Similar 170 F'LgS- 8 and 9,but bending the shank oi the punch at right angles with the punchreleased and depressed as at the and welding it to the underside of theslide, as completion oi the check removing operation; most clearly shownin Fig. 2. Bar 22 carries a Fig. 1l is a perspective of the punchlock-out small idler-pulley 24 and slide 2l carries a pair of b1ock,andcable anchoring posts 25 and 26. Another idler 55 Cil pulley 21 iscarried by the projecting rear end of bar 22 and a driving pulley 28 ismounted on a screw 2Q which threads through a tapped hole adjacent onecorner of bracket 23. A cable 30 is anchored at one end to post 25, istrained over pulleys 24, 28 and 21 and then, after being snubbed aboutpost 25, has its other end anchored to post 26. Consequently, whendriving pulley 28 is rotated in one direction or the other, as will behereinafter explained, cable 30 causes the slide 2l to be movedoutwardly to lengthen or extend the boom or to be moved inwardly tocontract or shorten the boom.

A shaft 35 stands vertically between the two punch boards 3 and has theknob or handle 9 attached to its upper end. A sleeve 33 looselysurrounds the upper portion of shaft 35 and has knob or handle i8secured to its upper end. Sleeve 38 and shaft 35 extends through theglass top-panel 2 of the cabinet, the space between the sleeve and panelbeing closed by a suitable thimble 31, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5.Below the glass panel, sleeve 38 has a gear wheel 38 rigidly attachedthereto so as to be rotated thereby. Gear wheel 38 engages a pinion 39which is rotatably carried by screw 28 and is attached to or formedintegrally with driving pulley 28. The lower porn tion of shaft 35 issurrounded by a sleeve 48, the two being secured together againstrelative rota tion by a pin 4i Bracket 23 is rigidly secured by weldingor other suitable means to sleeve 4U.

Thus when knob or handle 8 is rotated in one direction or 'the other, itrotates shaft 35 and with it bracket 23 and, consequently, the boom 2I-22. When the other knob l0 is rotated it causes the rotation of sleeve35 independently of shaft 35 and turns gear wheel 38, pinion 3S andcable driving pulley 38. As a result, the movement of cable 38 extendsor contracts the boom, as hereinbefore described, depending upon whichdirection knob l0 is turned, moving punch 28, which is carried by theboom, nearer or further from the common axis of shaft 35 and sleeve 35.In this manner, by the simultaneous or sequential rotation of knobs 9and I5, the punch may be moved round and round and in and out, relativeto the central axis to position it over any desired perforation ineither punch board.

When the punch has been thus positioned immediately above any selectedperforation, it can be depressed to remove the folded check therefrommerely by pressing down upon knob 8. That is, the punch can be depressedand the check removed from its perforation or pocket whenand only when-aproper coin or token has been inserted in the customary manner by coinslide 5.

The mechanism whereby the punch is normally locked against depression,but is unlocked when the proper coin or token has been inserted, willnow be described.

The lower ends of shaft 35 and sleeve 40 extend through an opening inthe top of a metal stirrup 45 which is of generally inverted U shape incross section and is attached to the bottom of cabinet I by suitablemeans, such as bolts 45. Within the guideway thus formed by stirrup 45and the bottom of the cabinet, a lock-out block 41 is slidablypositioned. The detail construction and shape of this lock-out block 41'are shown in Fig. 1l.

The top of block 41 may be shod by a protective steel plate 48 and thefront end of its locking portion 49 may be similarly shod by a plate 58which can, if desired, be formed integrally with top plate 48. A notch5l, the function of which will presentliT appear, is formed in the upperforward co1'- ner of the lock-out block. A latch block 52 is secured tothe underside of the upper plate 48.

A pair of auxiliary slides 55 and 56 (see particularly Figs. 5 and '7)are interposed between one side of lock-out block 41 and stirrup 45.Slide 55 is of substantially L shape, with its leg lying along the sideof block 41 and its head 51 lying at the rear of block 41. Slide 56 isof somewhat U shape, with its body portion, which lies along block 41,being somewhat longer than block 41 and having a wing 58 at one end anda wing 59 at the other end, for convenience of assembly.

A socket extends into lock-out block 41 from its rear end and a retainerpin 66 surrounded by a coil spring 61 lies therein. The retainer pin 66is carried by and moves with auxiliary slide 55 while one en-d of spring6,1 bears against head 51 of this auxiliary slide 55 and the other endof the spring bears against the bottom of socket 65. Thus, auxiliaryslide 55 is always biased outwardly (i. e., towards the right as viewedin Figs. '7 to l0) under the force of this spring. When, undercircumstances to be presently explained, spring 61 can move slide 55 tothe right, as shown in Fig. 9, and consequently in extended conditionprojects considerably beyond the rear end of block 41, it is supportedand its proper retraction within its socket is insured by retainer pin66.

A spring 10, which surrounds sleeve 40, bears at its upper end againstan abutment washer 12- which forms an abutment by engaging the ends ofpin 4I and at the same time prevents the pin from coming out of itsopenings through shaft 35 and sleeve 48. The lower end of spring 18bears against a raised or domed portion 13 of saddle 45. This dome islarge enough to receive the enlarged head 14 of a sleeve 15, whichsleeve is secured to sleeve 48 and in effect, forms a part thereof, Thepurpose of this spring is automatically to raise the boom-carrying postand, of course, also the punch when, after having been depressed toremove a check from one of the punch boards, the player releases thepressure upon knob or handle 9. Normally lock-out block 41 lies in itsforward position, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and thus its forwardportion 49 is beneath the head 14 of the composite post formed by shaft35 and sleeves 36, 48 and 15. Normally, therefore, the post cannot bedepressed and consequently the punch cannot be lowered sufciently toenter any of the punch board perforations. Only the insertion of aproper coin or token can result in the withdrawal of the lock-out block41 to permit the depression of the punch.

The mechanism for withdrawing the lock-out block and its operation areas follows:

A vertical shaft 80, located toward the rear of cabinet I is journaledin suitable bearings 8l and 82, an arm S3 is carried rigidly by shaft 80near its upper end in a location to be engaged by the rear cam surfaceof coin slide 6. A somewhat similar arm 84 is attached to shaft 80 nearits lower end. 'I'he free end of arm 84 lies between the ilanged rearends or heads of auxiliary slides 55 and 55, as shown most clearly inFig. 7. Shaft 88 and with its arms 83 and 84 are biased in a clockwisedirection, as viewed in Fig. '7, by a coil spring 85, the strength ofwhich is somewhat greater than the strength of spring 61.

A latch, in the form of a generally U-shaped leaf spring 86 with acentral tongue 81 (serves to insure that only one depression of thepunch can be effected for each inserted coin or token. This Cil springlatch, which is shown as made in substam 75 tially U shape andstraddling the saddle 45, has the rear end of each of its legs anchoredto the cabinet bottom by screws 88 or other suitable means. The tip oractive end of the tongue 81 of this spring latch lies in the path ofhead 14 of the boom-carrying post. When the post is up, as shown inFigs. 8 and 9, the tip of tongue 81 is elevated into the path of latchblock 52 of lockout block 41 and consequently block 41 cannot moveforwardly, i. e., to the left as viewed in Figs. 8 and 9. I-Iowever,`when the post is depressed, as shown in Fig. 10, it pushes tongue 81downwardly out of the path of latch block 52 and then lock-out block 41can move forward. A ledge or shoulder 89 on the latch spring serves as astop to insure that the latch block does not move forwardly too far,arresting its movement at proper normal position, as shown in Fig. 8.

Before the insertion of a coin or token the lockout mechanism is in thecondition shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and the punch cannot be depressedsufficiently to enter a perforation of the punch boards because thelock-out block is in the path of the punch boom post and, therefore,that post cannot be depressed. When a proper coin or token is placed inthe coin pocket of slide and the slide is forced all the way in, itsrear cam surface, engaging arm 83, rotates shaft 80 and arm 84 in acounter-clockwise direction from the position shown in full lines inFigs. 1, 3 and '7 into the dotted line position. This movement of arm 84moves auxiliary slide 56 toward the right from the position shown infull lines to the position shown in dotted lines, slide 55 followingthis movement because of the action of spring 61.

This movement of auxiliary slide 58 moves lockout block 41 to the rightclearing it from the path of boom post head 14. However, the boom postcannot yet be depressed because the wing 59 of auxiliary slide 56 is nowinterposed in the path of the post, as shown in Fig. 9. Thus the postcannot be depressed to effect the removal of a check from any selectedperforation until the coin slide has been retracted to its normaloutward position. This precaution helps to prevent a repetition ofpunches for a single coin.

When the coin slide is retracted to its normal out position, it permitsspring 85 to retract arm 83, shaft 80 and arm 84 back'to normal, where-.upon auxiliary slides 55 and 56 move back to normal position, as shownin Fig. 10. Lock-out block 41 however is prevented from returningbecause, as it was moved to the right, the end of latch tongue 81snapped up in behind latch block 52, .as shown in Fig. 9. Thus, althoughthe return to normal of the coin slide permits the return to normal ofthe auxiliary slides 55 and 56, the lockout block 41 is retained in itsreleasing or unlocking condition by latch tongue 81. In this conditionboth wing 59 of auxiliary slide 58 and lockout block 41 are removed fromthe path of the boom post and that post may be depressed by the player,the head 14 of the post passing down between wing 59 and lock-out block41, as shown in Fig. 10. This depression of the boom post forces thepunch into the selected check perforation and the check therein ispushed out from the bottom of the board. The depression of the punchboom post also causes its head to engage the tongue 81 of the latchspring, depressing it out of engagement with and out of the path oflatch block 52; thus releasing the lock-out block so that, when the boompost is raised by spring after the player releases it, the lock-outblock can snap back against shoulder 88 and under the head of the postand thus prevent its subsequent depression until another coin has beeninserted. The bevelednotch in the forward upward corner of lock-outblock 41 insures that the block can attain its locking relationship withthe punch boom post slightly in advance of the time the post reaches itsnormal uppermost position, with the result that added assurance isafforded that a player can remove but one check for each deposited coinor token.

Inasmuch as the small folded paper checks ordinarily used in punchboards are very light and are, for this and other reasons, ratherdiflicult to deliver by gravity alone-particularly when removed fromregions of the board most remote from a delivery cup-the game device mayinclude a conveyor arrangement for transferring the removed orpunched-out checks to the delivery receptacle 1. The check transfermechanism includes a pair of endless conveyor belts 90, shown mostclearly in Fig. 2. These belts may be made of suitable exiblefabric,ordinary crepe paper having been found to give very good results.One belt is located below each punch board 3 to receive the checkspunched therefrom. Each belt is trained over a pair of rollers 9| and92; rollers 9! being carried by individual shafts 93 and rollers 92being mounted upon a common shaft 94. Shafts 93 and 94 are journaledadjacent their outer ends in metal side frame members 95 and at theinner ends or the central region, respectively, in a pair ofintermediate frame members 99. A cross tie rod 91 may be employed toassist in tying the frame members together.

Shaft 94 projects beyond the side of the cabinet to receive theactuating handle or knob 8 and it is provided with a ratchet wheel 98engageable by a spring-pressed ratchet pawl 99 to prevent reversemovement. In order that the rotation of shaft 94 may rotate rollers 92and thereby cause the conveyor belts 90 totravel, a suitable drivingconnection or clutch is interposed therebetween. In the embodimentshown, this clutch or driving connection comprises a leaf spring |89which bears at its outer ends against the inside surface of theassociated roller and in its intermediate region against a flattenedportion of shaft 94,. This clutch arrangement not only permits therotation of the belt feed rollers by the turning of knob 8, but servesas a safety clutch to protect the delivery mechanism-particularly thebelts thereof-against injury should there be, for one reason or another,interference with their free movement. These clutches also permit theready withdrawal of driving shaft 94 from driving rollers 92, whereuponthe frame carrying the check transfer mechanism may be removed from thecabinet to effect repairs thereto or the inspection thereof. This readyremoval of the check transfer mechanism may be made possible by makingits side plates insertable between guides I8 and cooperating guides IUI.A downwardly tapering or hopper-shaped delivery spout |82 is arrangedbelow the forward or delivery end of belt 98 so as to receive therefromthe removed checks and convey or deliver the same to the delivery cupwhere they are accessible to the player.

The normal play or operation of my self-serving punch board game is asfollows:

Prior to the insertion of a proper coin or token a player may, bymanipulating knobs 9 and I9, rotate and move inwardly and outwardly thecheck-removing punch, all movements thereof being readily observablethrough the glass panel in the top of the cabinet. But, as previouslyexplained, the punch cannot be depressed -suiciently to remove a checkfrom any perforation until the required coin or token has been insertedby coin slide 6 and the coin slide returned to its normal outermostposition. Thus, players are enabled to practice and observe what thedevice can do before they are required to make deposit of a coin ortoken.

Upon the insertion of a proper coin or token and the release of the coinslide, the withdrawal of lock-out block 4'! and auxiliary lock-out wing59 permits the player to depress the boom-carrying post-merely bypressing down upon knob 9 to force the punch into the selected punchboard perforation and force the selected check therefrom. Immediatelythe boom post is released, spring 7U returns it-together with the boomand punch--to normal position whereupon, the lockout block having :againmoved into the path thereof, the device cannot be operated until anothercoin or token has been deposited. As soon as the check has been removedby the depression of the punch the player may, by the manipulation ofdelivery knob 8, cause the belts to travel in the direction of the arrowshown in Fig. 2 to convey the removed check-regardless from whichy ofthe two punch boards it came-to the delivery spout which terminates inthe delivery cup.

Having thus described the nature and one embodiment of my invention,what I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is asfollows:

1. A game device comprising means for immovably supporting a punch boardhaving a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch, meansfor moving the punch to a position in iront of any selected perforationof a punch board held in a fixed position by the support, andtoken-controlled mechanism for preventing operation of the punch toremove a selected check from the punchboard until a token has beendeposited.

2. A game device comprising means for immovably supporting a punch boardhaving a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch, apunch carrier, means for moving the punch carrier in the arc of a circleand radially of the circle so as to enable the punch to be positioned infront of any desired perforation of a punch board held by the support,and token-controlled mechanism for preventing operation of the punch toremove a selected check from the punch board until a token has beendeposited.

3. A game device comprising means for immovably supporting a punch boardhaving a plurality of check-holding perforations, a rotatable andaxially movable post mounted adjacent the punch board supporting means,an extensible and contractible boom carried by the post, a punch carriedby the boom, means for rotating and for extending and contracting theboom to bring the punch in front of any desired perforation of the punchboard, a lock-out mechanism for preventing axial movement of the boomcarrying post, and token-controlled means for causing the lockout topermit axial movement of the boom carrying post so that the punch may beinserted in a selected perforation of the punch board to remove a checktherefrom.

4. A game .device comprising means for supporting a punchboard having aplurality of check-holding perforations, a punch insertable in apunchboard perforation to remove the check therefrom, a rotatable andlongitudinally and laterally movable boom carrying the punch, therotatable and longitudinal movements serving to locate the punch infront of any desired peiforation of a punchboard carried by the supportand the lateral movements serving to cause the punch to enter and toWithdraw from a selected perforation, locking means normally preventingat least one of the movements of the boom, and token-controlledmechanism for causing the locking means to release the boom for that oneof its movements normally prevented thereby.

5. A game device having a cabinet containing a cash box and a supportfor a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforationstherein, a punch movable in a plane parallel to the face of a punchboardcarried by the support, such movements alone serving to position thepunch in front of any desired perforation of the punchboard, and movablein a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of thepunchboard to remove a selected check from its perforation, operatinghandles on the outside of the cabinet for controlling the movements ofthe punch, a lock-out device for preventing the punch from moving in thedirection perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard until a token hasbeen deposited, and token-controlled means for actuating the lock-outdevice to release the punch for movement perpendicular to the plane ofthe punchboard.

6. A game .device having a cabinet containing a cash box and a supportfor a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforationstherein, a punch movable in a plane parallel to the face of a punchboardcarried by the support, such movements alone serving to position thepunch in front of any desired perforation of the punchboard, and movablein a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of thepunchboard to remove a selected check from its perforation, operatinghandles on the outside of the cabinet for controlling the movements ofthe punch, a lock-out device for preventing the punch from moving in thedirection perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard until a token hasbeen deposited, token-controlled means for acuating the lock-out deviceto release the punch for movement perpendicular to the plane of thepunch board, and means for delivering a removed check to the outside ofthe cabinet.

7. A game device having a cabinet containing a cash box and a supportfor a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforationstherein, a punch movable in aplane parallel to the face of a punchboardcarried by the support, such movements of the punch alone serving toposition the punch in front of any desired perforation of thepunchboard, and'movable in a direction substantially perpendicular tothe plane of the punchboard to remove a selected check from itsperforation, operating handles on the outside of the cabinet forcontrolling the movements of the punch, a lock-out device for preventingthe punch from moving inthe direction perpendicular to the plane of thepunchboard until a token has been deposited, tokencontrolled means foractuating the lock-out device to release the punch for movementperpendicular to the plane of the punchboard, and a conveyor belt fordelivering a removed `,check to the outside of the cabinet. v

8. A game -device comprising a xed position punchboard having aplurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch selectivelymovable over the face of the punchboard to a position in iront of anydesired punchboard perforation and movable toward the punchboard toremove the check from the selected perforation, means for locking thepunch against movement toward the punchboard, and a token-controlledmechanism for said means to permit the punch to be moved toward thepunchboard to remove a selected check therefrom.

9. A game device comprising a cabinet, a punchboard immovably mountedtherein and having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punchselectively movable over the face of the punohboard to a position infront of any desired perforation thereof and movable toward thepunchboard to force the selected check out of its perforation, manuallyactuated handles located outside of the cabinet and operativelyconnected to the punch to effect the movements thereof, lock-out meansfor preventing the punch being moved toward the punchboard, andtokencontrolled means for releasing the lock-out means to permit thepunch to be moved toward the punchboard to remove a selected checktherefrom.

10. A game device comprising a cabinet, a punchboard immovably mountedtherein and having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punchselectively movable over the face of the punchboard to a position infront of any ydesired perforation thereof and movable toward thepunchboard to force the selected check out of its perforation, manuallyactuated handles located outside of the cabinet and operativelyconnected to the punch to effect the movements thereof, lock-out meansfor preventing the punch being moved toward the punchboard,token-controlled means for releasing the lock-out means to permit thepunch to be moved toward the punchboard to remove a selected checktherefrom, a check delivery receptacle open to the outside of thecabinet, and means for conveying a removed check to the deliveryreceptacle.

11. A game device comprising a cabinet, a punch board immovably mountedtherein and having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punchselectively movable over the face of the punch board to a position infront of any desired perforation thereof and movable toward the punchboard to force the selected check out of its perforation, manuallyactuated handles located outside of the cabinet and operativelyconnected to the punch to effect the movements thereof, lockout meansfor preventing the punch being moved toward the punch board,token-controlled means for releasing the lock-out means to permit thepunch to be moved toward the punch board to remove a selected checktherefrom, a check delivery receptacle open to the outside of thecabinet, and a conveyor operable from the outside of the cabinet forcarrying a removed check to the delivery receptacle.

12. A game device comprising a support for a punch board having aplurality of check-holding perforations, a rotatable and axially movableboom post mounted adjacent the punch board support, a telescopic boomcarried and rotated by thel post, a punch carried by the boom andmovable thereby in the arc of a circle about and also radially of theaxis of the boom post so that it may be positioned in front of anydesired punch board perforation, a handle on the boom post for rotatingthe same, a second handle on the boom post for telescopically actuatingthe same, a lockout device for preventing axial movement of the boompost, and token-controlled means for actuating the lock-out device topermit axial movement of the boom post to remove a selected check fromits perforation.

13. A game device comprising a support for a punch board having aplurality of check-holding perforations, a rotatable and axially movableboom post mounted adjacent the punch board support, a telescopic boomcarried and rotated by the post, a punch carried by the boom and movablethereby in the arc of a circle about and also radially of the axis ofthe boom post so that it may be positioned in front of any desired punchboard perforation, a handle on the boom post for rotating the same, asecond handle on the boom post for telescopically actuating the same, alock-out device for preventing axial movement of the boom post,token-controlled means for actuating the lock-out device to permit axialmovement of the boom post to remove a selected check from itsperforation, and means for resetting the lock-out device after thedeposit of the token.

14. A game device comprising a cabinet including a token box, means forreceiving and immovably supporting a removable punch board having aplurality of check-holding perforations therethrough, a verticallypositioned rotatable boom supporting post movable bodily in an axialdirection and having two portions rotatable relative to each other, atelescopic boom carried by the post and rotatable thereby about the axisof the post, the telescopic movements of the boom being effective byrotation between its relatively rotatable portions, a punch carried bythe boom and movable thereby in a circular arc about and radially of thepost to position in front of any selected perforation and also axiallyof the post to remove the check from a selected perforation, handleslocated outside of the cabinet for effecting the movements of the punch,a slidable lockout block normally positioned in the path of axialmovement of the boom post to prevent removal of a check until a tokenhas beenv deposited in the cash box, a token-controlled mechanism forWithdrawing the lock-out block from the path of the boom post to permitthe punch to be forced into a perforation to remove therefrom the checkwhen a token has been deposited, and means for insuring that the punchcan be operated only once for each deposited token.

l5. A game device comprising a support for holding a punch board havinga plurality of check-holding perforations, a punch insertib-le into aselected perforation of the punch board to remove therefrom the checkheld therein, means for moving the punch vertically of the plane of thepunch board to cause the same to enter a selected perforation to removetherefrom the check, token-controlled mechanism for preventing suchcheck removing operation of the punch except upon deposit of a token,and means carrying the punch and operable, irrespective of the depositof a coin to move the punch in directions substantially at right anglesto each other selectively to locate the punch in front of any desiredperforation in the punch board.

GEORGE E. PERRY.

